The Startup Scene in Colorado

Browse the Colorado startup ecosystem featuring 51 investors and startups. Our directory includes 49 angel investors and VCs with an average check size of $14.9M, plus 2 startups across all sectors. 3 investors are actively investing, and 1 startups are generating revenue.

49
Investors
2
Startups
$14.9M
Avg Check
50%
With Revenue
Denver
Top City
6%
Active Investors

Mancil Enterprises

Christopher Watson-Mancil

Colorado

ROBOTICSINDUSTRIAL ROBOTICS

Maven Bioscience

Zev Barnett

CO

BIO HEALTHCAREBIOTECHTHERAPEUTICS

Consumers are seeking healthier alternatives to drugs for issues like sleep, pain, and anxiety. The pharmaceutical industry has high barriers to entry, stifling innovation, and there is a lack of...

RevenueProduct Built

Altira Technology VI Overflow Fund

Altira Technology VI Overflow Fund

VC

Denver, Colorado

Check: $19K – $97K
Exploring

SCAPE Investment Fund

SCAPE Investment Fund

VC

Durango, Colorado

Exploring

Aweida Venture Partners

Aweida Venture Partners

VC

Superior, CO

Check: $2.4M – $15.5M

Since 1988 Aweida Ventures has invested in data storage, software, and the life sciences. As a $100 million evergreen fund, the firm is flexible enough to invest in seed through mezzanine rounds,...

Exploring3 portfolio co.

Centennial Ventures

Centennial Ventures

VC

Denver, CO

Check: $5.0M – $225.0M

Centennial Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in network companies and related enabling software and technology enterprises, with the potential to be market leaders. Their investment focus...

Exploring13 portfolio co.

Cupola Lower Carbon II LLLP

Cupola Lower Carbon II LLLP

VC

Greenwood Village, Colorado

Exploring

Liberty Media

Liberty Media

Corporate

Englewood, CO

Check: $7.5M – $530.0M
ECOMMERCE MARKETPLACES

Liberty Media operates in the video and online commerce, media, communications, and entertainment businesses.

Exploring10 portfolio co.

Caffeinated Capital Aven

Caffeinated Capital Aven

VC

Aspen, Colorado

Check: $130K – $650K
Exploring

V360 Holdings LLC Series Ventete US

V360 Holdings LLC Series Ventete US

VC

Greenwood Village, Colorado

Exploring

Access Venture Partners

Access Venture Partners

VC

Westminster, CO

Check: $1.0M – $17.5M

Access Venture Partners is a seed and early stage venture capital fund. The Fund invests between $250,000 and $2,000,000 in mid-continent technology companies with hyper-growth potential. Access...

Exploring18 portfolio co.

Omni Capital

Omni Capital

VC

Denver, CO

Check: $17.5M – $33.0M

Omni Capital is a boutique investor relations firm as well as an intermediary that specializes in mezzanine and bridge financings . Located in Denver, Colorado Omni works with micro to mid-cap...

Exploring4 portfolio co.

Vista Ventures

Vista Ventures

VC

Boulder, CO

Check: $250K – $32.0M

Vista is often the lead investor, and they typically co-invest with other firms in both early and follow-on rounds. They believe in forming strong syndicates as a means to bring the broadest set of...

Exploring12 portfolio co.

Meritage Funds

Meritage Funds

VC

Denver, CO

Check: $1.5M – $32.0M

Founded in 1998, Meritage is a Denver-based manager of private investment funds. The Meritage team is a unique blend of investment and operating talent. We contribute both capital and expertise to...

Exploring41 portfolio co.

Keating Capital

Keating Capital

VC

Greenwood Village, CO

Check: $3.3M – $200.0M

Keating Capital, Inc. is a business development company that specializes in making pre-IPO investments in innovative, emerging growth companies that are committed to and capable of becoming public....

Exploring14 portfolio co.

Vintage Partners

Vintage Partners

VC

Greenwood Village, CO

Check: $10.1M – $12.0M

Vintage Partners has over 100 years of combined expertise in identifying, acquiring and developing real estate. The Vintage Partners have spent an entire career learning how to create value for our...

Exploring2 portfolio co.

iSherpa Capital

iSherpa Capital

VC

Greenwood Village, CO

Check: $2.7M – $7.1M

iSherpa Capital invests in seed-stage and early-stage companies, while providing follow-on financing throughout the company’s life cycle. Their methodology is to combine traditional venture capital...

Exploring7 portfolio co.

eonCapital

eonCapital, LLC

VC

Centennial, CO

Check: $50K – $5.0M
B2B SAASECOMMERCE MARKETPLACESCONSUMER

Seed and early-stage investments in web-based Software as a Service (SaaS) and mobile application businesses. Focus on subscription-based recurring revenue, checks up to $5,000,000, and providing...

Exploring70 portfolio co.

Lacuna LLC

Lacuna LLC

VC

Boulder, CO

Check: $1.5M – $4.0M

An objective look at early-stage companies shows there is a lacuna in public and private financing. The entire early-stage investment ecosystem finds itself today with glaring gaps in both the...

Exploring2 portfolio co.

Croghan Investments

Croghan Investments

VC

Niwot, CO

Check: $1.3M – $10.0M

Croghan Investments is a financial organization. Nothing is publicly known about the organization. If you have more information, please update this profile.

Exploring4 portfolio co.

Janus

Janus

VC

Denver, CO

Check: $16.0M – $100.0M

Janus Capital Group, Inc. provides investment management, administration, distribution and related services to individual and institutional investors through the Janus series of mutual funds,...

Exploring3 portfolio co.

Fisher Capital

Fisher Capital

VC

Englewood, CO

Check: $2.0M – $3.0M

Fisher Capital is a family-owned and –operated private equity firm based in Denver, Colorado. With roots in the cable television industry, our professional backgrounds bring together complementary...

Exploring3 portfolio co.

Partisan Management Group

Partisan Management Group

VC

Evergreen, CO

Check: $6.1M – $18.2M
Exploring1 portfolio co.

Excellere Partners

Excellere Partners

VC

Denver, CO

Excellere is a middle-market private equity investment firm based in Denver, Colorado. Since their inception, Excellere has aspired to build a differentiated private equity firm, one focused on the...

Exploring38 portfolio co.

Greenline Ventures

Greenline Ventures

VC

Denver, CO

Check: $1.4M – $2.0M
Exploring13 portfolio co.

Bullet Time Ventures

Bullet Time Ventures

VC

Boulder, CO

Check: $1.1M – $2.0M
Exploring2 portfolio co.

Jesse Lane

goodmakerU & Branches Mission Lab

VC

Denver, CO

Rockies Venture Fund is a platform of early-stage venture capital funds investing primarily in pre-seed and seed-stage companies. The funds focus on high-growth opportunities across sectors including...

Active32 portfolio co.

GF Private Equity

GF Private Equity

VC

Durango, CO

Check: $3.3M – $30.0M

GF Private Equity Group, LLC is one of several component companies of the Southern Ute Growth Fund - a diversified investment and business management organization owned by the Southern Ute Indian...

Exploring32 portfolio co.

Altitude Life Science Ventures

Altitude Life Science Ventures

VC

Durango, CO

Check: $4.8M – $37.4M

Philosophy is to focus on life science markets with strong demand and growth potential, and then back the highest-quality entrepreneurs in those markets to build defensible, strong, and long-term...

Exploring41 portfolio co.

SpringTime Ventures

SpringTime Ventures

VC

Denver, CO

Check: $400K – $600K
FINTECHINSURANCEDIGITAL HEALTH+2

We invest in pre-seed and seed-stage software companies building high-growth businesses in fintech/insurtech, healthcare (digital health), and logistics / supply chain across the USA.

Exploring66 portfolio co.

eonBusiness

eonBusiness

VC

Centennial, CO

Check: $300K – $2.8M

Founded in 1997 as an Internet marketing strategy and web development company, eonBusiness has assisted many entrepreneurs in launching, developing and growing various web-based businesses. Their...

Exploring58 portfolio co.

Green Spark Ventures

Green Spark Ventures

VC

Denver, CO

Check: $1.5M – $6.5M

Green Spark Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in the Cleantech Sector. Green Spark seeks to provide funding to start-up and early-stage companies producing renewable energy and...

Exploring1 portfolio co.

Cascade Investment

Cascade Investment

VC

Colorado Springs, CO

Check: $10.0M – $100.0M

Cascade Investment Group, Inc are investment professionals, with over 100 years of combined investment experience, who have established an investment firm that puts the interests of the client and...

Exploring4 portfolio co.

Key Investment Partners

KEY Investment Partners LLC

VC

Denver, CO

Check: $1.0M – $10.0M
B2B SAASAPIS AND PLATFORMSECOMMERCE MARKETPLACES+1

Institutional-quality investment management focused on emerging markets—particularly the regulated cannabis industry—connecting investors to high-growth and growth-stage companies with strong...

Exploring21 portfolio co.

Boulder Ventures

Boulder Ventures

VC

Boulder, CO

Check: $2.0M – $32.0M

Boulder Ventures invests in early stage information technology and life science companies in Colorado and the Mid-Atlantic.

Exploring20 portfolio co.

Altira Group

Altira Group

VC

Denver, CO

Check: $6.0M – $48.5M

[Altira Group](http://www.altiragroup.com) invests in the energy technology sector.

Exploring18 portfolio co.

Fraser McCombs Capital

Fraser McCombs Capital

VC

Boulder, CO

Check: $1.7M – $2.0M

Fraser McCombs Capital is a Venture Fund focused on disruptive technologies in the automotive vertical.

Exploring28 portfolio co.

Green Peak Partners

Green Peak Partners

VC

Denver, CO

Check: $500K – $9.0M

Green Peak Partners is an organizational consulting firm with offices in Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Denver, New York, and San Francisco committed to expanding the talent and leadership capability of...

Exploring3 portfolio co.

Anschutz Investment

Anschutz Investment

VC

Denver, CO

Check: $10.0M – $20.0M

You might say that Denver multibillionaire Philip Anschutz is on a Qwest. His holding company, with investments in over 100 companies, includes a stable of entertainment, media, and sports...

Exploring2 portfolio co.

Infield Capital

Infield Capital

VC

Boulder, CO

Check: $10.5M – $15.0M

Whether you call it Clean Tech, Green Tech, Alternative or simply new, it’s clear that change is afoot in the transportation industry. At Infield Capital, they are committed to fueling the...

Exploring3 portfolio co.

Greenmont Capital Partners

Greenmont Capital Partners

VC

Boulder, CO

Check: $2.0M – $4.0M

Greenmont Capital Partners is an investment fund founded by natural product industry insiders, focusing on early-stage companies in the $500-billion Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability...

Exploring65 portfolio co.

Southern Ute

Southern Ute

VC

Ignacio, CO

Check: $6.4M – $31.0M

The Southern Ute Indian Tribe Growth Fund operates and manages the Southern Ute Indian Tribe’s businesses and business investments. In this role, the Growth Fund oversees a significant portfolio of...

Exploring26 portfolio co.

Liberty Global Ventures

Liberty Global Ventures

VC

Englewood, CO

Check: $2.0M – $20.0M

Liberty Global Ventures is a global investment fund owned by Liberty Global, the largest cable company outside of the U.S. and one of the fastest growing in the world, with market-leading operations...

Exploring5 portfolio co.

Liberty Global

Liberty Global

Corporate

Englewood, CO

Check: $4.2M – $85.0M

Liberty Global, Inc. provides video, voice, and broadband Internet services primarily in Europe, Japan, and Chile. The company offers various broadband distribution services over its cable television...

Exploring6 portfolio co.

Mobius Venture Capital

Mobius Venture Capital

VC

Boulder, CO

Check: $1.4M – $150.0M

Mobius Venture Capital is an early-stage venture capital fund comprised of seasoned veterans and entrepreneurs from leading technology companies, who bring not only deep domain expertise, but also...

Exploring30 portfolio co.

Appian Ventures

Appian Ventures

VC

Denver, CO

Check: $1.6M – $44.0M

[Appian Ventures](http://www.appianvc.com) invests in software and technologies that exploit network connectivity to improve business performance.

Exploring18 portfolio co.

High Country Venture

High Country Venture

VC

Boulder, CO

Check: $350K – $65.0M

The Colorado Fund is a venture capital fund seeking to invest in seed and early stage businesses in Colorado. The fund will focus its investments in Life Sciences (including biotechnology, clean...

Exploring21 portfolio co.

Foundry Group

Foundry Group

VC

Boulder, CO

Check: $250K – $43.0M

Foundry Group is a venture capital firm focused on making investments in early-stage information technology, Internet and software startups. Their passion is working alongside entrepreneurs to give...

Exploring70 portfolio co.

Techstars

Techstars

Corporate

Boulder, CO

Check: $10K – $21.6M

Techstars offers mentorship-driven seed stage investing for web and software companies.

Exploring341 portfolio co.

Rockies Venture Club

Rockies Venture Club

Angel

CO

Check: $100K – $500K
BIO HEALTHCAREDIGITAL HEALTHDIAGNOSTICS+9

RVC connects and educates angel investors and entrepreneurs, sourcing and vetting early-stage (Pre-Seed to Series A) companies across Technology, Cleantech, and Life Sciences. Emphasizes partnership...

Moderately Active82 portfolio co.

Rockies Venture Fund

Rockies Venture Fund

VC

Denver, CO

AI MLBIO HEALTHCAREBIOTECH+6

Platform of early-stage venture funds focused on investing in emerging technology, healthcare & life sciences, consumer/CPG, and cleantech. Runs diversified funds including a seed fund targeting...

Exploring37 portfolio co.

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About the Colorado Startup Ecosystem

Colorado is home to a thriving startup ecosystem with 49 investors and 2 startups in our directory. Key hubs include Denver, Boulder, Greenwood Village.

The most active sectors in Colorado include B2B SAAS, ECOMMERCE MARKETPLACES, FINTECH. 3 investors have made recent investments, showing strong capital deployment activity in the region.

Local investors offer advantages beyond capital — regional network effects, knowledge of local market dynamics, and introductions to customers and partners. Geographic proximity often leads to more engaged board members and advisors.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many investors and startups are in Colorado?
We track 49 investors and 2 startups in Colorado. 3 investors have made recent investments, and 1 startups are generating revenue.
What is the typical check size for investors in Colorado?
The average check size among investors in Colorado is $14.9M. Check sizes vary by investor type — angels typically write smaller checks while VCs and funds invest larger amounts.
How do I connect with investors in Colorado?
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What sectors are most popular in Colorado?
The most active sectors in Colorado based on our data include B2B_SAAS, ECOMMERCE_MARKETPLACES, FINTECH. However, investors and startups in our directory span all major sectors.
Which cities in Colorado have the most startup activity?
The highest concentration of investors and startups in Colorado is in Denver, Boulder, Greenwood Village. These cities have the strongest local ecosystems for fundraising and startup growth.

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